HEALTH AND SAFETY

Question 1

What did you take away from the Surveying Safely guidance note 2018?

Answer 1

‘Safe person concept’ each individual must assume responsibility for their own, their colleagues and others health and safety whilst at work. Lots of invaluable information.

Question 2

What is best practice when visiting site?

Answer 2

• Notifying team members when you are visiting site
• Signing in and out
• Wearing correct PPE.

Question 3

What do you do when you visit site for the first time?

Answer 3

Site induction from constriction manager / principal designer.

Question 4

You mention you saw a site operative undertaking hot works without the necessary PPE, can you please just elaborate on what you did when you saw that?

Answer 4

• Asked them to stop works immediately
• Requested construction manager to re-induct the worker
• Notified the PD.

Question 5

What documentation needs to be clearly displayed on site?

Answer 5

Construction phase plan, emergency routes, first aid information.

Question 6

What is the HSWA 1974?

Answer 6

• Overarching piece of health and safety legislation
• Section 2 - Outlines employers must “ensure so far as reasonably practicable the health, safety and welfare at work of all their employees”
• Section 3 - employer must as far as reasonably practicable that persons who are not employees e.g. public, contractors, visitors

Question 7

What is the role of HSE?

Answer 7

The health and safety executive is the body responsible for promoting, regulating and enforcing health, safety and welfare and provide research for occupational risks.

Question 8

What is RICS gudance?

Answer 8

Surveying Safely

Question 9

What is COSHH?

Answer 9

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

Hold a COSHH assessment form

Question 10

What is RIDDOR?

Answer 10

Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulation 2013

Question 11

What is CDM 2015?

Answer 11

• Construction Design Management 2015
• Main set of regulations for health, safety and welfare in construction
• Outlines roles of each duty holder

Question 12

What were the most recent changes to CDM 2015?

Answer 12

More onus on the client.
Must appoint a PC and PD.
Construction phase plan needed for all projects, not just notifiable.

Question 13

What is the clients responsibilty?

Answer 13

• Sign F10
• Issue site / project information
• Appoint a Principal Designer
• Appoint Principal Contractor

Question 14

What is the PD’s responsibilty?

Answer 14

• Collate pre-construction information
• Co-ordinate health and safety in design pre-construction
• Collate H&S file on completion of works.

Question 15

What PPE would you expect to see on a site?

Answer 15

5 point PPE

• Gloves
• Hard hat
• High vis
• Eye protection
• Safety boots

Question 16

What is involved in a site induction?

Answer 16

• Outline of safe routes
• What PPE
• Site Facilities
• Emergency procedures

Question 17

What is in a construction phase plan?

Answer 17

• Outlines health and safety arrangements for each phase

- Must be kept updated

Question 18

What is a notifiable project?

Answer 18

A project over 30 days with over 20 workers on site at one time OR project over 500 person days.

Question 19

What types of asbestos survey are there?

Answer 19

• Management – locate and assess on normal occupation.
• Refurbishment- samples taken and analysed
• Demolition

Question 20

What legislation is there?

Answer 20

Control of Asbestos regulations 2012

Question 21

What are the roles of the duty holder with asbestos?

Answer 21

Must undertake a risk assessment
Register must be regularly updated (6months)
Materials should be assumed to contain

Question 22

What types of asbestos do you know?

Answer 22

Red, White, Brown